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On 12/13/2016 at 11:51 PM, monarch said:

^^^ @lockmat imo, the far left tower appears to be a full residential edifice which shall include corner balconies.  the outer / exterior design appears to match the LOEWS ultra modern exterior to some extent.  nonetheless, a 455 room count is huge, and the amenity ladened podium base is quite justified and balanced.  just a very well designed ultra-luxurious hotel that houston needs at this time.  this gorgeous new LOEWS along with the forthcoming RITZ-CARLTON, as well as the highly anticipated W HOTEL, shall catapult houston straight into the gateway city stratosphere.....  

I think that the residential tower you mention in the first few sentences is a representation of the residential tower already built just to the east of the site at Gulford and McCree. Google says that it's called Dominion Post Oak. Could be wrong though!

I agree. The project would be fantastic if it was built but the entire process has been so messy and all over the place now that I feel like it won't happen. Fingers crossed though! The new redesign looks good too but I liked the one before it better.

Wow that's great! I love The Rustic in Uptown Dallas and it's always super busy, great atmosphere with the live music. Looking forward to it!

This project really grew on me a lot, looks really good now! I just wish that they would remove the fence that separates the front doors from the sidewalk, but that's minor.

http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/harry-winston-opens-houston-10496460/

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Harry Winston has opened in Houston. The jewelry house marks its 12th U.S. location with the unveiling of its new River Oaks District salon.

 

The unit will carry a full breadth of Harry Winston fine jewelry, watches and rare stones.

 

The brand already operates a boutique in the Highland Park Village of Dallas, Texas.

 

“As the fourth-largest city in the U.S., Houston was a natural choice for our newest salon location. Our future expansion plans for the U.S. market include the opening of our first salon in San Francisco in early 2017,” Harry Winston chief executive officer Nayla Hayek said of the opening.

 

The store is meant to strike a visual balance between contemporary Americana and the brand’s classical retail elements — refined moldings, graphic tiled floors, et al. It measures 4,528 square feet.

 

River Oaks, an outdoor shopping mall, is also home to high-end jewelry retailers including Cartier, Chopard and Van Cleef & Arpels.

Wow! This building's look has really improved a lot in the past few weeks!

I don't know, I feel like the Museum District it would be cool to let the center fill in with a bunch of different small mid-rise condo buildings like this one and the Museum Mansions and let the taller high rises come closer to 59 and bordering Hermann Park. I think it'd have a nice look and super sophisticated feel to it.

I actually think that a grocer could work in that amount of square footage. Looking at Dallas for examples, the Whole Foods off McKinney Avenue in Uptown if 44k SF so that probably wouldn't work, but the Trader Joe's off Cole Avenue in the Knox area is only around 15k SF. So Trader Joe's could work here for sure! Or even a smaller grocer that carries more specialty items like Dean & DeLuca or Royal Blue from Austin.

I love all these little projects like this one, Morningside Mansions, Village at River Oaks, etc.! They may be small but they are what's going to really densify the inner loop, filling in the space between the bigger skyscraper clusters.

I don't know if the same is true in real life, but from the looks of the pictures this building is massive! 

Yeah Barneys actually opened up twice at NorthPark Center, once in the 1990s and again in 2006-2012. Houston had a Co-Op at the Galleria that closed in 2010. Dallas shoppers tend to stay pretty loyal to Neiman Marcus (which has 4 DFW locations) and other established stores in the area like Forty Five Ten and Stanley Korshak, which doesn't leave much more room for other luxury department stores.

Barney's would be great for River Oaks District but if a Co-Op store couldn't last, I don't think that the full line will either unfortunately.  

The tower looks great and hopefully it comes to fruition soon! As for the continued densification of the Galleria, I could see a development on the parking lot north of Neiman Marcus to the east of the Jewel Box building as a tower. It could have a parking garage on the bottom levels to make up for lost parking and then house something on top of it. It would make a nice main entrance to the building with the jewel box in the middle, the two office towers in front, and a tower with retail on the left.

Does this project have retail? If so do we know the square footage? Sorry, I'm sure it's been mentioned somewhere but don't feel like scrolling through 98 pages haha!

6 hours ago, monarch said:

^^^ when are the ever going to place the company name upon this edifice... wow??

Hopefully never! It looks great right now without any logos in my opinion!

http://m.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/dick-s-sporting-goods-coming-to-the-woodlands-mall/article_1a5dae02-85dd-5925-9c03-1c6d4f877cc2.html?mode=jqm

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THE WOODLANDS — Pennsylvania-based Dick’s Sporting Goods will be the newest national retailer to come to The Woodlands and will occupy more than 83,000 square feet of space of The Woodlands Mall current expansion.

 

The mall also is building a new three-level parking garage. Currently, the mall features about 5,800 surface parking spaces.

Really liking the bricking on this one!

Really wish that the apartment units in this building were condominiums. Such a huge project in a great location with a limited number of units would have probably made them desirable and easy to sell!

^^ Exactly. While I'm all for this development and hope that it works out, I just can't see someone paying $500k for an 800 SF unit when you can pay $450k for a 900 SF unit at the Marlowe in a far more desirable location. If there were units priced at $120k then you're point would be valid, but based on the prices we have seen so far, there are not going to be units priced that low.

^ I agree actually. Maybe it's just the pictures, but the store seems tiny for what's supposed to be a big flagship (I know the square footage is a lot, but the exterior doesn't reflect that) and architecturally boring. Oh well, at least it's a new store and the Webster looks nice!

Is there going to be another development in the lot between this and ROD or is that just parking?

Oh ok! Thanks!

Ok, I'm a bit confused. If the main hospital building is going to front Cambridge, what's the building that's under construction right now?

I really love what the Museum District is turning into - its developing so much density but still manages to keep such a relaxed and classy vibe to it while still being extremely close to the hustle and bustle. If I were buying a condo, it would definitely be here. 

It's certainly better than your standard Residence Inn at least!

Most people that make purchases from the stores at ROD are going to be spending A LOT of money, so most look online and do some research on the product at home and then go into the store to buy it which means not a lot of foot traffic just browsing around and looking at items. However, I do agree that this development needs a little bit more traffic because people will window shop once their there and buy spontaneously. It's also necessary for more reasonably priced stores like COS to make it. Hopefully the restaurants will draw more people in!